—Limited data

18/23 ingredients recognized

Ingredient safety50

Formulation quality45

Contaminant risk100

Label transparency24

How we scored this

PureScore is the stored composite of ingredient safety (40%), formulation quality (30%), contaminant risk (20%) and label transparency (10%). This label matched 18 of 23 listed ingredients. Unmatched names never wear an Excellent stamp. Methodology

Granola cereal with fruit

Food & Grocery Breakfast & Cereal0094331144717

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Flagged concerns

sunflower oil

Industrial seed oil; high omega-6; refined and oxidation-prone when heated.

soybean oil

High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.

artificial color

Broad catch-all for synthetic dyes; ADHD links; potential carcinogens.

bht

Possible carcinogen; liver and kidney effects in animals; endocrine activity.

artificial flavor

Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure

sugar

High glycemic index; promotes inflammation and metabolic disease.

Full ingredient list

Oat flakes, wheat flakes, sugar, peanuts, raisins, puffed wheat with honey, dehydrated fruit (papaya, sugar, rice flour, citric acid and artificial color fd&c yellow #6), honey, margarine, almonds, sunflower oil and/or soybean oil, whey, sesame, calcium, glycerin, coconut, artificial flavor (cinnamon and vanilla), natural color (carrot oleoresin, paprika oleoresin, natural antioxidants), artificial color (fd&c yellow 5, fd&c red 40, fd&c blue 2, fd&c blue 1), vitamin a, iodized salt, bht (as an antioxidant).